-- Posted by dkruges at 12:06 am on June 13, 2008 I just wanted to know how everybody here learned to program.  I want to start to get into it, I'm also taking a class next semester in school, and I want to know any tips and good books or other ways to learn. -- Posted by hateitandloveit at 12:07 am on June 13, 2008 books and random hacking around. -- Posted by yoshiness at 12:07 am on June 13, 2008 If it's Java, drop out. -- Posted by da bears at 12:07 am on June 13, 2008 School. -- Posted by taraxgoesxboom at 12:13 am on June 13, 2008 It's actually part of my major in information systems, I haven't tried yet though, my first class in it will be next next spring, I'm kinda excited. -- Posted by the real anti christ at 12:18 am on June 13, 2008 Buy the Python manual. Even though its free online its worth it. -- Posted by Rhapsody at 5:47 pm on July 3, 2008 For me at school, I have to do a C++ and VB course in my program. -- Posted by amanitta at 3:50 am on Aug. 22, 2008 since i'm studying computer science ; programming & algorithmic is one of the main & hardest subject ! all you need is to be LOGICAL ! -- Posted by Blue Baby at 10:11 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Be logical and keep practicing. -- Posted by Narfle the Garthok at 9:46 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Here is what I suggest on starting with C++ - Widely used, a good entry into many other languages C#/Java - Very friendly and approachable. Python - Will give you respect as a programmer but isn't really job friendly unless you have a good academic background. Still fun to learn. Perl - Very handy for small projects, good overall language to know. Ruby on Rails - Very powerful, very easy. Still in its infant stages and not as much freedom as other languages; it is still bleeding edge to industry standards and is mainly used for less serious side projects. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - Big for smaller businesses building ecommerce based websites (and many other things) but big businesses stick to other more powerful languages. -- Posted by paganinio at 11:36 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 I learnt Pascal for 6 months But it wasn't until I played around some Visual Basic 6 that I considered myself to really be able to program. -- Posted by telomere13 at 6:18 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from xXDarkened ShAdowsXx at 2:07 am on June 13, 2008 If it's Java, drop out. You have no idea what you're talking about.